Doubles down the line. Stringing together three singles to score three runs. Stranding runners on base. Throwing runners out trying to advance. Baseball was back last night. The Netherlands beat Cuba 4-2 in the World Baseball Classic. If felt good to watch baseball again. After a long baseball-less winger, the […]
It’s been a long time since the Rangers had a can’t-miss prospect who did anything but miss. Right now, they seem to have a bonafide can’t-missed in outfielder Evan Carter. The kid is twenty, and he’s already trying heads in Rangers camp. One of those heads is the head head, […]
Will Smith. You mean the idiot who slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars? No, Will Smith, the baseball player. You mean the great young catcher for the Dodgers? No, Will Smith, the pitcher. It must be frustrating to be Will Smith the pitcher. The third-most famous Will Smith. The Will […]
Good luck watching a Rangers game on TV this season. It might be impossible. Bally Sports, which own the rights to broadcast Rangers games, is about a millisecond away from bankruptcy. The channel is no longer available on U-Verse, YouTube TV, or Hulu. As of now, only DirectTV and Spectrum […]
It depends on whether you’re an alarmist or a realist. It depends on whether you’re a glass half full or half empty person. It depends on whether you’re a Rangers fan with a memory or not. You can look at this early round of nagging injuries from Rangers pitchers as […]
Rougned Odor just signed with the San Diego Padres. Ronald Guzman is pitching for the San Franciso Giants. He’s thrown one inning in spring, giving up one run, a homer. Joey Gallo is playing first base for the Minnesota Twins. Willie Calhoun and Isiah Kiner-Falefa are with the Yankees. Kiner-Falefa […]
Andrew Heaney had his first spring start yesterday. Whether he won it or lost it or pitched well or poorly isn’t an issue. It’s that he pitched. Every time he, or Jacob deGrom, or Nate Eovaldi, or even Jon Gray for that matter, take the mound this spring, it’s not […]
The future of the Rangers was on display in Surprise, Arizona, yesterday. Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker. Former college teammates at Vanderbilt, now forever intwined as Rangers prospects, and back-to-back first round picks. Both pitchers threw an inning in yesterday’s 6-4 win over the Colorado Rockies. Leiter pitched the sixth, […]
So far, the early results of the new pitch clock have been favorable. Players—both pitchers and hitters—seem to like it. Get the ball, throw the ball. No standing around. No wasted time. Just play ball. Games are already nearly 25 minutes shorter this spring than last. More offense, too. The […]
Two meaningless games. Two meaningless losses. Exhibition baseball is back. Although the games don’t mean anything, getting off to a good start is important to players. Maybe even more so to the team. Justin Foscue has four sprint at-bats. Three hits. Two home runs. Justin Foscue doesn’t have a place […]
